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w. A. RINGLER I VISIBLE CARD SYSTEM Filed Sepiz. 25. 1920 3 Sheets-Sheetl ATTORNEYS.

Jan. 8 `l; 1924,

W. A. RINGLER ISIBLE CARD SYSTEM Filed Sept. 25. 1920 3 Sheets-Sheet 2yENToR:

ArroRNE'Ys i Jan. 8 1924.

W. A. *RINGLER VISIBLE CARD'SYSTEM Filed Sept. 25. 1920 E@ lfd 3Sheets-Sheet 5 e sur i `WILLIAM EINGLEB., OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNDB,T0 GLQBE WERNIC C0., QF

CINCINNATI, OREG, A CORPORATION OF 91H10.

VISIBLE Genn SYSTEM.

Application iledieptember 25, 1920. Serif-ei iso. Mimi55.

To @ZZ 'wiom it may concern:

Be it known that i, WILLIAM A. Britannie, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing iii the city and county of New York, State of" NewYork, have invented a new and useful Visible Card System, of which thefollowing 'is a specication.

'My present invention in its broad and generic scope comprehends a novei construction of a visible card systemwhich occupies a minimum of.space and which can be more economically manufactured than the cardsystems now in use.

It further comprehends a novel visible card system wherein I am enabledto dispense with 'the necessity of employing a card holder, the cardsbeing of novel construction so that they can be readily inserted intoand removed from the iiling unit en desired.

lt further eomprehends a novel construction of card units which areadapted to interlock with each other and be slidablymounted in theiframe ofthe iilin unit iii such manner that a portion of eac card isvisible.

lt further provides novel means for the quick insertion or removal ofany card from.

its supporting frame.

It further comprehends a novel construction of a signal which can beassembled with respect to any desired card without removing the cardfrom the freine or panel which forms the support for a card of the cardunit.

It further comprehends a novel construction of a card index and a novelconstruction and arrangement of a transparentproteetin means therefor. f

ther novel features of construction and advantage will hereinafter morefully a pear in the detailed description and. tllie appended claims.

Foi-.the purpose of illustrating my invention, lf have shown intheaccompanving drawings typical embodiments of it' which are atpresent'y preferred by me, since these embodiments will be found inpractice to give satisfactory and reliable results, although it is to beunderstood that the varicus instrurnentalities of which my inventionconsists een 'ne variously arranged and orgsnized and that my inventionis not limited to the precise arrangement and organization of theseinstrumentalities as herein shown and described.

Figure i represents, in detached position,

a plan vievv of s card blank, embodying my x invention.

Figure 2 represents a plan view ci' a filingcard formed by bending thecard blank seen in Figure 1.

Figure 3 represents, in side elevation, the

card seen in'Figure 3. f

Figure i represents, in side elevation, and

on an eniarged scale, a plurality of cards.

Figure 8 represents a section on line 8--8 of Figure 7. I

Figure 9 represents, in perspective, the cards assembled in the frame,with a nurnber or" the cards lifted to show the recording portion of acard.

Figure i0 represents, in perspective, a frame with modified indexca-rds, embodying my invention.

'Figure il represents a an indexed blank.

Figure 12 represents a top planview of au index formed from thebiankseen in Figure 11.

Figure 13 represents an end elevation of the construction' seen inFigure 12.

Figure 14 represents in end elevation a plurality of the indexes inassembled position and in interlocked relationship.

top plan view of Figure 15 represents a top plan view ofA Aa transparentprotector for an index.

Figure 16 represents e section on line 16-16 of Figure 15.

Figure 2 7 representsin -sectional elevation,l a card index with theprotector in position.

Fi 'ure 18 represents, in end elevation, e

plaira ityof card indexes with'tlieir pro-v .plurality of the cardinderes before tiny here been seperated y Figure 20 represents en endelevation ofi e plurality of cards with e signal-in. piece. p Figure 21.represents, in perspective and in'deteched position, theisignei seen inFigure 2G. v

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings.

1 designates s card blenir edepted to be used in a Gerd system embodyingmyv ini/en tion. The bienk is preierebiy composed of peper and-lies erecording portion 2 which may be seid to form tlie body portion oi thecard between the dotted iine 3, tile bottom edge/i :and the side edges5. The por tion of the Gerd from the dotted line 'tothe upper edge 6 isweakened in any desired manner, for exemple, by bending, scoring orcreasing von the line 3 and the lines 7' and 8 and in the formiliustreted the distance between the weakened lines 7 and 8 is less thanthe distance between the iines 3 and 7 or between the iine 8 and the topof the oord.

l The card is then bent at its upper portion `,this manner a which forms'with the downwardly directed rearwardly on the iine 7 ence to Figure 2,the completed rre-rd oeing designated by 9 in seid Figure 2. interrninei tab 1G is formed ange 11 an acute `engle 12. The Harige 11forms with the strip 13 en ecute angie 1e.

n this manner what may be celled e zig-zee reinforcement is formed stthe no per end of the card. ln pressing the memthe card. determines theWidth ber 10 against the flange or section 11 e resiiient spring actionis obtained. The. esiiienoy is such es to eHow the terminali tab 10* ofthe next oord below tosiide into the groove or recess formed oy .theecute angle 14 when therards are assembled. if desired, the terminal tab10 may have' its merginei edges et beveledy as at 15, in order tofacilitate the assembling of tiie cards 'but this can be omitted withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invention. I

The locking portion of the card is proi vided with ineens or eonstrneted"with means to enable it to be slidebiy mounted in the frame or paneland. es illustrated, isprovided with the ieteraiiy extending 'lookingmembers 16 wiiieh are siidsble in grooves 17 formed by the inturned detiges 18 of e panel 1 Special attention is directed to the 'feet thatthe distenee"20 wliieii the terminei tri-b 1() extends above e oldet theupper portion of tire oerd on the weakened line 7 or, in other worde,above the upper joid of tire visible spese, indicate-d 21a ti @aards ereassembled. lin other Words, it determines and upwerdiy' at' the line 8,es will be understood by refer-v 'end be received in the the end outsway or` sume when.

essere@ the distance which the lower portion. of one eerd overlaps theiower portion oii tire juxteposed eerd.

iiy assembled with respect to the panel by bending the nerd or cards etthecentral por- ,in these figures the cerds'or the Gerd sysre 11, I haveshown s blank 29 from which the card is 'formed by the tem. ln i bendingof the blsnk. The blenkfis provided with the weakened lines 30 end 31er,tending iongitudinsily ,end prefereloiy die' posed in persllelisrnthereby forming 'e ter- One or more cards een be reedy above theWeelrened l1ne'3,itbeing 1 lthe weakened line 3 enables i mined tab 32,e, dowrwvardlyl extending `fold-` 33 ands do'wnwsrdiy extending iti-ep34 so,

is formed and s'. dsp 3e preferably han" that en. upper pocket 35 ieverpocket 36, the ing its ends out` away es indicated et 37, and the blankis oi suoli length that the ends 38, see Figure 12, ere sdspted to slidein grooves 1'? ofthe panelv 19. The index strlps 12, interlock with eeen39, see Figure: other in e similar manner to the locking portions or thecards, i

es wiii be cieeri'y understood by reference to Figure 1li, Withoutseription.

@ designates e transparent protecting further detailed de stripordinarily mede of ceiluioid end eon` sists of e body portion 41 herringen over banging lip 42 e3 to enable it to be thereby forming e groove isid over the upper teri minei teb 32 of the card index, es will be ilIl() elearly understood by reference .to Figure 1 in Figure 18, 1 hereshown e plurality 'of index strips in the position which they es-yessembied and with the protectors in piace.

1n Writing on the index strips on a typeu Writer it is advantageous tofill them out before they have been seperated from the bienk intoindividuel index blanks end for this purpose the bienlrs in practice areformed as seen in Figure 19 with the Weekened 1rines 44 to enable theindex strips to be readily separated after the desired data bes beenthey are tiren' folded element 39 es to iorm e card index ien in. Figure12.

. .n the scope of my invention to employ e in order to drew attern tionor render more prominent e certein card or tire dats von it sndior thispurpose,

iiied .out by the typewriter and l .I employ a signal as seen iiiFigures and 21. 'lhe signal consists of a strip of sheet material 45having at its upper end a downwardly extending lip or flange 4G in ordersary to do is to move the signals upwardly to permit the ange 46 to passover the upper fold formed by the sections 13 and 11. When the signal isdrawn downwardly it will interlock with the fold and the superimposedcardwill exertr a pressure against it to retain it in position.

.The signal card may be 4of any desired color or the visible tip may becolored or have imprinted upon 1t indicating data of any character. Thesignal is of such length' that the tip is visible as will be understoodby reference. to Figures 7 and 9. It is of course to be understood thatwhere in the description and th claims I refer to. a filing card that Ido not intend to bel limited to a card of cardboard or pasteboard butintend these words to define a card of sheet material of any-desiredcharacter and of any desired thickness.

t will now be apparent that I have devised a novel and usefulconstruction of a visible card system which embodies the. features ofadvantage enumerated as desirable i'n the statement ofthe invention andthe above description', and while I have, in the presentv instance,shown and described preferred embodiments thereof which will give kinpractice satisfactory and reliable results,- it is to be understood thatsuchembodiments are susceptible vof modification in various' particularswithout departing from the spirit' or scope ofthe inventionA orsacrific-- in any7 of its advantages,

aving thus described myqinyenton, what I claim as new and-desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is z- 1. A filing card having a lockingportion and `a recording portion and lia-ving the lock.- ing portionwider than and'of less area than the recording portion; the lockingportion being folded inwardly and then outwardly to form a yieldablelocking portion to interlock with the juxtaposed card.

2. A 'filing card formed from a single sheet of material having alocking-portion and a recording portion of greater area than the lockingportion, the locking portion be'- ing formed by folding the card at oneend inwardly and then outwardly whereby yieldable' locking portions areformed at the sides which extend beyond the marginal edges of the card.

3. A card formed from a single sheet of material and deflected near oneend inwardly andthen outwardly to form a lookin@ portion yieldablethroughout the length o the lockingl ortion, the outward extension otsaid locking portion projectingbeyond the recording portion of the card;

4. A tiling card double folded iii-proximity to one of its edges to forma terminal tab extending beyond the fold of the card nearest to theouter edge of the terminal tab, said card having a recordingportion ofgreater area than that of the folded portion.

5. A imity to one of its edges to form a terminal tab extending beyondthe fold of the card nearest to the outer edge ofthe terminal tab7 thefolded portion extending beyond the side edges of the recording portionof the card to form a yieldable locking portion.

. liling card double folded in prox- 6. A filing card having a pair ofweakened lines in parallelism to one of its edges and on which itisfolded to .provide an outwardthe width of said terminal tab.

'a5 ly extending terminal tab kthe distance be- .tween said weakenedlines ,being less than y 7. The combination with a plurality ofv Ijuxtaposed filing cards,v of a signal comprising a strip of materialhaving-an overhanging*l lip inSertableI-,between an with one of them. I5

8; The combination with a plurality of ljuxtaposedfiling cards', of asignal comprisheldin place bythe juxtaposed Vcards and interlocking"4ing-a strip of material having an overhanging lip insertable between andheld in place by juxtaposed cards and vinterlocking with l carries it.

9. The combination with a plurality of one of them, and slidable on thecard which juxtaposed filing cards, of a signal comprising a'strip otmaterial having an overhangyang lip insertable between and held in placey juxtaposed cards and interlocking with -ioo l one of them and of suchlength as to have .y

a visible portion when assembled..

. WILLIAM A. RINGLER. l

Witnesses:

' H. S. FAmANxs,

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